In childhood, most of everybody in the world has had some item, be it a blanket, a stuffed animal, or even a place, that made him or her feel safe, never at any discomfort. Touching this item or being in this place makes the trivial troubles of childhood go-away. But for Huckleberry Finn in the book (aptly named) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, his trivial childhood problems are dangerous adventures spent with various thieves and a savage drunken father. These types of adventures are more suited for a grown man to endure. Most children have small problems and thus small ?security blankets? such as Teddy Bears and back yards. Huck?s problems are unusually large and dangerous for a child of his age so, befittingly, his ?security blanket?, the Mississippi River, is unusually large as well. T.S. Elliot, in his critical essay...